Polypteridae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Polypteriformes

family

Polypteridae

Name

Homonyms

Polypteridae

Common names

bichir in English

bichirs in English

birchers in English

lobed-finned pike in English

reed fishes in English

bikirfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål

bichirs in English

kwastsnoeken in Dutch

Bibliographic References

1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. FishBase
4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
5. Gosse, J.-P. / Lévêque, C., D. Paugy, and G. G. Teugels, eds., 1990: Chapter 5: Polypteridae. The Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes of West Africa, vol. 1. 79-87.
6. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
8. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
10. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.